פְּרוּזְבּוּטֵי m. pl. (πρεσβευταῖ) ambassadors. Ex. R. s. 5 יום פ׳ של פרעה וכ׳ it was Pharaoh’s day of reception of ambassadors &c.; Tanḥ. Vaëra 5 פרוזבטיא (corr. acc.). Meg. 15ᵃ sq. זה בא בפרוזבולי וזה בא בפ׳ (Ms. M. בפרוס בולי בפרוס ביטי …) the one (Haman) had come to court as a member of the boulé (senate, πρὸς βουλῇ), and the other (Mordecai) as one of the legates (to plead for the building of the Temple); Yalk. Esth. 1045 ומשם ירדי פ׳ וכ׳ (not ירד פרוזבי׳) and from there they (Mordecai and Haman) went down (to Shushan) as legates &c.; אמרו ישראל … לפיכך יֵרֵד פְרוּזְבּוּטָן כנגדו (not פרוזבוטו) the Israelites said, Mordecai is …, therefore let him go as our legate against him (Haman); Yalk. Am. 545 פרווטי׳ (corr. acc.); v. next art.